Still favourite to strengthen forward line

Lewandowski back in the frame

Real Madrid will be signing a number nine at the end of the season, and it has not in fact been ruled out that it might be a double signing - two new centre-forwards.

While the name of Álvaro Morata is being mentioned almost every day, the other object of the club's desire is none other than Robert Lewandowski, according to the player's own agent.

The complicated situation surrounding Karim Benzema could make Real Madrid look at the possibility of bringing in two new strikers. At the moment, the Madrid club is backing the French star, and the president is not in any way considering bidding farewell to the current Real Madrid number nine. But given the situation, both Morata and Lewandowski are being mentioned more and more. The Bayern centre forward was approached when he was playing for Borussia Dortmund, but he had already committed himself to the Munich club and so the Real Madrid president's plans came to naught.

Real Madrid have approached Lewandowski on two more occasions, once just before he joined Bayern and the other was last summer, by way of an enquiry. These two approaches were made by two people representing Real Madrid but not employed at the club, who had Florentino Pérez's total confidence. The reasoning behind this was to avoid problems with Bayern.

Cezary Cucharsky, the player's agent, does not hide Real Madrid's intentions. "You cannot deny that there is interest from Real Madrid", he says when asked about Lewandowski's future. According to the player himself, this interest has not been reflected in any more approaches, but there has been very close analysis of all of the games he has played. "There has been no contact over the past few months", he said, though he admits that he is still learning Spanish.